ءحح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of coughing, often implying a dry or persistent cough. It also extends to meanings associated with intense thirst, anger, and deep-seated grief or distress.

Derived headwords

أَحْحَلَverb

1.
to coughboth
To produce a cough, especially a dry or persistent one.

يُؤَحْحِلُverb

1.
to coughboth
He coughs; present tense of the verb 'to cough'.

أَحْحًاnoun

1.
coughingboth
The act or sound of coughing.

تَنَحْنَحَverb

1.
to cough repeatedlyboth
To cough repeatedly or with effort, often implying a dry or suppressed cough.

اِبَحّadjective

1.
a hoarse man.both
a hoarse man.

اَلْاِحَاحnoun

1.
thirstclassical
Intense thirst.

اَلْاَحَاحnoun

1.
angerclassical
Anger or rage.

اَلْاَحَاحnoun

1.
griefclassical
Deep-seated grief or distress.

اَلْاَحَاحnoun

1.
heartacheclassical
A pang or ache of the heart, often due to sorrow.

اَلْاُحَاحnoun

1.
thirstclassical
Intense thirst.

اَلْاُحَيحَةnoun

1.
angerclassical
Anger or rage.

اَلْاُحَيحَةnoun

1.
griefclassical
Deep-seated grief or distress.

اَلْاُحَيحَةnoun

1.
heartacheclassical
A pang or ache of the heart, often due to sorrow.

أُحَيْحَةُ بْنُ الْجَلَّاحِname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name of a man, derived from the diminutive form of 'al-uḥayḥah'.

Parallel reading

أححَلَ الرجلُ يؤححِلُ أححًا، أي سعل.

The man coughed, he coughs, a cough, meaning he coughed.

يكاد من تنحنح وأحح * يحكى سعال النزق الابح

He almost, from his repeated coughing and sputtering, imitates the cough of the irritable, coughing one.

وهو لرؤبة يصف رجلا بخيلا إذا سئل تنحنح وسعل.

And this is by Ru'bah describing a stingy man who, when asked, would cough and sputter.

والاحاح، بالضم: العطش.

And 'al-uḥāḥ', with dammah, means thirst.

والأحاح أيضا والأحيحة: الغيظ وحزازة (1) الغم.

And 'al-aḥāḥ' also, and 'al-uḥayḥah': anger and the sting of grief.

وأحيحة بن الجلاح: اسم رجل، مصغر.

And 'Uḥayḥah ibn al-Jallāḥ: the name of a man, a diminutive form.